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Cernos Prime

This Shotgun Bow is Underrated.

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A noble bow to hunt hellish beasts.

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ITEM RANK

30

60 / 60

APPLY CONDITIONALS

FIRE MODE

Horizontal Spread
ACCURACY
16.7
CHARGE RATE
0.50
CRITICAL CHANCE
35%
CRITICAL MULTIPLIER
2.0x
MAGAZINE
1 / 72
MULTISHOT
3.0
NOISE
SILENT
PUNCH THROUGH
1.0
RELOAD
0.7
RIVEN DISPOSITION
1.25
Status / Projectile
30%
TRIGGER
CHARGE
Charged Shot
 IMPACT
165.6
 PUNCTURE
9.2
 SLASH
9.2
TOTAL Damage
552.0
AVERAGE HIT
745.2
BURST DPS
745.2
SUSTAINED DPS
648.0
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Cernos Prime builds
Builds by meng

This Shotgun Bow is Underrated.

-Do not use Galvanized Aptitude, it stacks additively and charged shots CO Factor is only 50%

-It's one of the best bows to use [Split Flights] on since it has innate MS can get multiple stacks in 1 shot. Arguably you can use it together with Vigilante Armaments for guaranteed 4 stacks on 1st shot but I opted to stack CD for stronger bleed procs from Hunter Munitions.

-I am using this in a Warframe with Nourish, particularly Mirage. This is a build from ninjase https://overframe.gg/build/191180/mirage-prime/total-malevolence-mirage-dual-augment-max-dps-solo-steel-path/ I copied it and just replaced Pillage with Nourish and Corrosive Projection with Brief Respite. Check out his builds he makes some pretty interesting stuff.

-Don't be too far from the target when you let if fly. Treat it like it's a shotgun. Consider using Primed Shred if you're grouping up enemies instead of Vile Acceleration.

-I'm using Primary Merciless because this thing has a slow reload speed for a bow that is not a crossbow. You can also go for fractalized reset if you're only going for quickshots spam. You can also use RLS buffing abilities like Toxin Elemental Ward from Chroma for the quickshots spam.

-There's a particular weird bug with Split Flights and this weapon or was it intentional? At max stacks, Horizontal Spread becomes Vertical Spread and vice-versa. Not game breaking but it's just weird. It has been like that since 2019.

An alternate Viral Slash build is viable.
-Replace Critical Delay, Vile Acceleration and Bladed Rounds with: Point Strike, Rime Rounds and Malignant Force
-Alternatively, you can replace the Faction Mod instead if you don't want to lose the Fire Rate from [Vile Acceleration] and you can even keep [Critical Delay] if you go with this route because the 20% Fire Rate Loss(doubled on bows) from Critical Delay will be made almost obsolete by Vile Acceleration.

Alternate build Viral Slash build with Internal Bleeding
-Replace [Hunter Munitions], [Critical Delay], Vile Acceleration, Bladed Rounds and Faction mod with: Internal Bleeding, Point Strike, Rime Rounds, Malignant Force and Hammer Shot
-With these, you'll end up with 87.5% CC and 90% SC. IDK if my math is right, If you slot in [Hunter Munitions] instead in this build, at Max Stack of Split Flights you'd have 4 Slash Procs with a chance of 5 and with Internal Bleeding it will be 5 with a chance of being 6.
-Is it worth it? In my opinon, Nope. Is it viable? yes. because you can easily proc viral too.
-if your riven gets you to 100% CC it'll be 5 slash procs even with Hunter Munitions with a chance of 6 but lower than internal Bleeding. You can scrap the idea of Internal Bleeding but up to you.
-if your riven has high%SC then TOTALLY screw this viral slash build and go non-elemental with Internal Bleeding

Alternate Slash Build with Internal Bleeding
-Assuming You have a dual positive riven that made you reach excatly 100% SC(actually impossible even with Perfect ++-, best you can [Reach] is 99.9% but close enough and this for example only) with just [Hammer Shot] as your other source of Status Chance, Replace [Critical Delay] with [Point Strike], Bladed Rounds With Hammer Shot and Vile Acceleration With Your riven. If no Riven you can actually just use Rifle Aptitude.
-on paper at best case scenario at max Split Flights MS with 100% SC, you'll do 10 slash procs but there's still a chance that it'll be lower than 10 or more than 10.
-You can also try a meme build with [Hunter Munitions] and [Internal Bleeding]. They won't cause double Slash procs and do not additively stack and can not trigger at the same time but it will increase your chance of slash procs with a miniscule amount reastically, it'll only add about 1 more proc. This meme build is more worth it if you're using the viral hybrid build and if you have outside sources of raw damage like vex armor.